In-person Voting

On election day, Mississippi polling locations are open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Absentee Voting

If you are unable to physically vote at the polls on election day, you might be eligible for absentee voting before the election date. To submit your absentee vote in-person, visit or contact your Circuit Clerk’s Office from 8 a.m. to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday, beginning September 25, 2023 until November 3, 2023. For those who cannot visit their circuit clerk’s office during the work week, Saturday in-person absentee voting dates are Saturday, October 28, 2023, and November 4, 2023, from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m.

Most absentee voters must appear before the Circuit Clerk and absentee vote in-person, though some instances qualify for voting by mail:

1. Any person who is temporarily residing outside of their county of residence, and the ballot must be mailed to an address outside the county.
2. Any person who has a temporary or permanent physical disability and who, because of such disability, is unable to vote in person without substantial hardship to himself, herself or others, or whose attendance at the voting place could reasonably cause danger to himself, herself or others.
3. The parent, spouse or dependent of a person with a temporary or permanent physical disability who is hospitalized outside of his or her county of residence or more than fifty (50) miles distant from his or her residence, if the parent, spouse or dependent will be with such person on election day.
4. Any person who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older.

Any mail-in absentee ballots must be received within five business days after the election, which is November 14 for the general election, as long as the envelope has been postmarked on/before election day, November 7.

Credit: Secretary of State office

1. Every qualified Mississippi elector is entitled to vote regardless of race, creed, color, or disability.
2. No one may refuse a person the right to vote if that person is legally entitled to vote.
3. No voter shall be threatened, intimidated, or paid to vote by any person.
4. Voters whose names do not appear on the poll book or who do not have an acceptable form of photo ID are entitled to vote by affidavit ballot.
5. Voters who cast an affidavit ballot are entitled to receive written information at the time of voting on how to determine if the vote was counted and, if not, why not.
6. Voters who require assistance in marking the ballot because of disability, blindness, or an inability to read or write are entitled to receive assistance from a person of the voter’s choice, excluding, a candidate whose name is on the ballot, or the spouse, parent, sibling or child of a candidate whose name is on the ballot, or by a poll watcher who is observing in the polling place on Election Day, or the voter’s employer or agent of that employer, or officer or agent of the voter’s union; unless, however, a candidate for office or the spouse, parent or child of a candidate is related within the first degree to the voter requesting assistance.

Credit: Secretary of State office

If you witness issues or irregularities that might interfere with the right to a fair voting process, you can report it to the Secretary of State office through the Help America Vote Act Complaint Form: